Jesse Crawford Luter

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Company K, 38th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry, private, he was killed in Grenada, Mississippi during the Civil War.

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Died in either Pike or Walthall County, Mississippi. He married second Jane Holmes on 2 Sept 1889. Jane Holmes Luter (1832-1909)

His headstone is shown on his FindAGrave memorial page. It is Inscribed:

Farwell
Image of shaking hands
Father
Joseph Luter
Born
Mch 4, 1812
Died
oct 26, 1893,
Aged 81 years, 7 months, 22 days
(a two line italicized inscription follows, appears to be a verse of some sort, not legible from photo)

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Third Police District
Enumerated 29 Oct 1850
335-336
Michael and Cynthia Jones
336-337
Joseph Lawter 37 m Farmer Germany
Eliza Lawter 31 f Mississippi
William D Lawter 15 M Farmhand Mississippi
Joseph J. Lawter 12 M Mississippi
Mary A Lawter 10 f Mississippi
Jesse Lawter 7 M Mississippi
Caroline Lawter 3 F Mississippi
Elizabeth Lawter 1 F Mississippi

1860 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Township 3 Range 10 E P. O. Summit
Page 11 Stamped 161
70-71
J. F. Burkhalter 30 M Farmer 2500 1100 Ala
Mary F Burkhalter 22 F Miss
M. E. Burkhalter 4 F Miss
L. V. R. Burkhalter 1 F MIss
367-367
Joseph Luter 48 M Planter 2500 1100 Germany
Eliza Luter 41 F Ga
Mary A Luter 20 F Miss
Jesse Luter 18 M MIss
Caroline Luter 13 F Miss
James Luter 6 M Miss
Thos Luter 4 m Miss
Matilda Luter 6/12 F Miss
Elizabeth Luter 11 F Miss

1870 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Township 3 Range 10 E P. O. Summit
Page 11 Stamped 161
69-70
William and Mary Ann Magee
70-71
Luter, Joseph 57 M 2 Farmer & Miller 2500 800 Germany
Luter, Eliza 51 F W Housekeeper Miss
Luter, Elizabeth 21 F W Miss
Luter, James M 16 M W Miss

1880 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Beat No. 2
Enumerated 30 Jun 1880
Pages 52 and 53 SD ? ED 38
516-423
Luter, Joseph W M 68 Miller Holland Holland Holland
Luter, Eliza W F 41 Wf Keeping House Mississippi SC SC
Luter James M W M 27 Son Laborer Mississippi Holland Mississippi
Luter, Elnore W F 24 Daughter Mississippi SC Mississippi
Luter, Jesse C W M 6 Grandson Miss Miss Miss
Luter, William W M 4 Grandson Miss Miss Miss
Luter, Hosea W M 2 Grandson Miss Miss Miss

Joseph married Eliza Burkhalter on 2 Jan 1834. Eliza (daughter of Daniel Burkhalter and Mary "Polly" Palmore) was born on 5 Apr 1819 in Pike County, Mississippi; died on 25 Sep 1888 in Pike County, Mississippi; was buried in China Grove Cemetery, Tylertown, Walthall County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her headstone is shown on her FindAGrave memorial page. It is Inscribed:

Farwell
Image of shaking hands
Mother
Eliza,
Wife of Joseph Luter,
Died Sept 25, 1888
Aged 69 years,
5 months, 18 days
(several lines of italicized inscription follows, appears to be a verse of some sort, not legible from photo)

Notes:

Copied from the website, Burkhalter Family History
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oespiers/Burkhalters.html

Daniel Burkhalter is the earliest proven ancestor. He was born about 1783 in South Carolina and died about 1855 in Pike County, Mississippi. Daniel was an early pioneer to Mississippi and was in Marion County prior to May 8, 1818, when he served on a Jury (Marion Probate Records 1825-1831, page 68) also his brand "ear mark and underslope in the left and underslope and hole in the right" was registered and recorded on November 22, 1818, Book A, page 60. His name appears on the Personal Tax Rolls of Marion County for the years 1819 to 1822, where he is assessed with 1 poll and 1 slave.

The 1820 census for Marion County shows Daniel Burkhalter as head of household with two males under 10, 1 male 26 to 45; 2 females under 10 and 1 female 26 to 45. The males under 10 will prove to be sons Henry and William and the females under 10 will prove to be daughters Eliza and Cynthia Burkhalter. Daniel Burkhalter signed marriage bond in 1820 for James Clark and Mrs. Agnes Kinesly.

Connerly's History of Pike County, 1798-1876, published in 1909, shows that Daniel Burkhalter and his wife, Mary Palmore, came from Georgia to Mississippi, quoting in part as follows: "In this neighborhood Daniel Burkhalter and his wife, Mary Palmore, had settled on Varnal, which empties into Magees Creek just above Sandifer's. Their settlement was on the hill near the ford where the Holmesville and Columbia Road crosses. They owned a negro slave woman who had some children. One was a child just sitting alone, and was left in the yard with a larger child to mind it while the grown people were out at work. A large fat coon came up in the yard, caught the child by the cheek and held on to it. Screams of the children brought the mother to the house to learn the cause and the coon refused to let go. The master had to come and choke the coon to death to make it let go the childs cheek."

The foregoing would place Daniel's homestead somewhat southeast of the present Salem Church. County land records show that Daniel Burkhalter patented land #4169, in Section 21, Township 3, Range 11 East, in what is now Walthall County. The 1829 tax rolls show he owned 160 acres on Magees Creek. Pike County Tax Rolls show Daniel paid poll tax through the year 1831. Record for 1832, 1833, and 1834 are not available, but in 1835 he paid no poll tax but was taxed with 5 slaves; 7 slaves in 1837; and 8 slaves in 1839 and 1840.

Under territorial laws this would show that Daniel was above the age 50 in 1835. The Marion-Pike line placed Daniel's homestead within the boundary of Pike County, where he is shown in the 1850 census as age 67, place of birth as South Carolina, and wife's name as Sarah. This would place his date of birth about 1783, which can be approximated by the fact he ceased to pay poll tax before 1835.

The name of the wife as Sarah in the census could mean that Mary had died and Daniel had remarried or there could have been a discrepancy on the part of the enumerator or the informer.

The next available tax roll after the 1850 census is for the year 1856, and Daniel is not listed thereon, leading to the assumption that he died between 1850 and 1856. It is not established that Daniel Burkhalter served in the War of 1812, but there is an indication that bounty land warrant #291730 was issued to him. At any rate, he was married and living in Georgia prior to 1812, when his first son was born. According to the History of Pike County supra, Daniel Burkhalter and Mary Palmore were parents of nine children, order of birth not known.

The Burkhalters are of German extraction and the name has many spellings, including Burkholders, Buckholtz, Buckhalter, Birkholder, Buckaltz, etc. Published records indicate that the Burkhalters moved out of South Carolina into Georgia, thence to Mississippi and Louisiana, but additional research is necessary to identify the line in Georgia and South Carolina and the immigrant ancestor. Some sources identify the progenitors of this family as Rudolph BURKHALTER and Anna Moschberger of Luetzelflueh Bern Switzerland.

Daniel married Mary "Polly" Palmore before 1812. Mary was born before 1794; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]